After the robber was gone and out of sight, Raven saw him look around and notice her. As soon as he noticed her he took off the way opposite the robber.
Raven took off after him; he would not be getting away without at least speaking to her. She used her powers to phase through the walls and cut him off. She came out ahead of him and stuck her hand out and ordered him, "Stop. I won't hurt you." But unfortunately for Raven, she had come out too far ahead and he slipped past her without saying a word. She turned, annoyed, and used her chant "Azareth, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" and a wall of concrete pulled up from the ground. He stopped dead in his tracks.
He turned around and backed up to the wall, clearly nervous. He brought his hand up, Raven readying for a fight, and touched his own neck. Purple energy flowing from his hand, his voice became distorted. "What do you want? I don't mean you any harm. It wasn't me who took the purse."
Raven held up her hand "Like I said, I won't hurt you, I saw the whole thing. And to prove it..." She then sits down cross legged. "I just want to talk to you, all the titans want to. But for now lets just you and me."
He hesitates for a moment and asks "What do you want to know?" His voice was still distorted.
Raven looks to him "I heard your voice before you put the distortion on it. Can you please stop?"
The man looks at her for a moment. Then takes a deep breath and blows out purple smoke which quickly disappears.
"Ok." The man says, "What do you want to know?"
Raven ponders for a moment. This man is obviously wearing a mask for a reason, it wouldn't be a good idea to open up with who he was. She decided to start easy. "Why do this? Help people I mean."
The man thinks for a moment and replies "Probably the same reason you do, the textbook answer. To protect those who may not be able to protect themselves. To strike fear in the hearts who would do harm to the innocent. All that jazz."
"Ok then," continued Raven, "Why choose Jump City? There is already a team of superheroes here. Why not go to a city that doesn't have any superheroes?"
Without missing a beat the man replies "I've tried that. Because I've had trouble blending in in the past. It's very difficult to hide what I am."
Raven pauses for a moment. If he wanted to hide what he was, why was he telling her this? "So if you are trying to hide what you are, why are you telling me about it? And if you don't mind, what are you?"
The man pauses "I've lived long enough to know a like minded spirit when I see one. And I've heard tales about you. As for what I am, I'm not completely comfortable with revealing that."
Raven pondered, he was obviously good intentioned, but his tactics seemed a bit extreme. "Why did you let that guy go? Why not just turn him into the police and let them deal with it?"
The man looked back at her, "A lot of reasons go into that. First, he obviously didn't want to kill me because at the moment that he fired the gun, he closed his eyes and looked away. This also tells me that he is inexperienced. And if at that moment I can scare the living hell out of him, the odds are that he will never try it again. Second, he had kids, and the world has enough dad's in jail. Third, I'm a pastor. And if i can avoid hurting someone, I do."
Raven slightly recoiled at the word "pastor". She had had some bad experiences with pastor's claiming she was "The work of Satan." or similar things.
The man noticed her recoil, "Are you alright?"
Raven paused, wondering if it was best to speak or pretend. After a moment, she decided that the man was probably extremely sharp and he already knew anyway. "Well...I've never had any good experiences with pastors. They claim that I'm "Satan Spawn"" or something like that."
The man sat down cross legged and asked, "Why is that?"
Raven looked down. Should he tell him, or wait? She didn't know why, but something was telling her that he could be trusted. "Because I'm half-demon."
The man looked down and gripped his knees so hard that his knuckles turned white. Raven noticed and started putting up a mental wall, preparing for the "You're evil!" speech.
Then he whispered a single word. "Why?"
Raven blinked, surprised. The man got up and yelled the same question "WHY!?"
The man got up and started pacing back and forth like a mad man. "They have no idea what they're talking about Raven! Don't ever let them get to you! What they fail to realize is that you are half HUMAN as well!" He stops for a second, takes a deep breath and regains his composure. "You are just as capable of forgiveness as the full blooded humans." He takes another breath as though he is about to continue, but stops. "I'm sorry Raven, I didn't mean to snap like that. But that sets me off quite easily."
Raven takes a breath, finally recovered from his outburst. She is a little touched that he would stand up for her like that. There have only been a few that have done that in her life.
The man looks to Raven and says "I'm sorry, I do have to get going. There is another situation that I have to take care of." The man looks behind Raven and Raven hears an unusual sound, the sound of a horse galloping.
She turns around just in time to see a horse leap over her head. Shocked but still coherent, she turns back to the man. "Wait before you go, can I at least know your name?"
As the man climbs onto the, seemingly unnaturally, white horse, he looks to her and says. "Apollyon."
He slaps the horse and the horse rears up on its back legs before running past Raven and leaving her in the dust.
"Apollyon, eh?" she says as she heads back to the tower